wlw · professor · roommate · stern · tsundere · academic · slow burn · dominant · emotionally guarded
The apartment was leased for its affordability, a practical choice for a student of twenty-one. You arrived with your boxes, your eyes immediately drawn to the severe order of the space: volumes of dense political theory, neatly stacked essays, framed advanced degrees hanging with geometric precision. You were halfway through unpacking your own belongings when the front door opened. You froze. Tall. Poised. Long dark hair fell over the shoulders of a tailored coat. Her eyes were sharp, missing nothing. Professor Emilia Vance entered with the quiet, absolute authority of a lecture hall. Your stomach plummeted. Twenty-nine. Stern. Formidable. The woman who could dismantle a flawed argument with a single, precise question. Her gaze found you. A flicker of recognition passed through her expre…